The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-01
PACIFIC RAILROAD INVESTIGATION,
The Commission Take Another Pail on c. P.
Huntington and Ask Confusing Questions.

NEW YORK Sept. 3O-Auditor Wink, of the
Union Pacific was before the Pacific investi-
eating committee this morning He submitted
copies Of numerous records Of the company
called for at different stages of the inquiry by
the commission among them contracts with the
Western Union Telegraph Company, Pacific ex-
press, etc.
The commission called on Mr.. Cohen attorney
for the Central Pacific, to produce the check
stubs drawn by Huntington, from 1872 to 1880.
and the letter-press books of the New
York Office of the Union Pacific
for the same time. Mr. Cohen
declined, saying that he didn't propose to rec
ommend any further expenditures to accommo-
date the commission. that body had already
up nearly &c. 900 for transportation food,
wine, etc. Mr.. Cohen was told to present an
itemized account. 1t was expl aimed by the
commission that there were various items of in
divdual expense which the members proposed
to pay out of their own pockets. Commissioner
Littler, for instance, had taken his wife along
and proposed to pay for her transportation.
Henry Day testified that he was counsel for
Atchison & Pixies Peak railway. now known as
the Central Branch of the Union Pacific. Wit
ness had thirty second interest the road
when 1t sold to the Kansas Pacific. Wit
did not know of money raised for
legislation, nor any resolutions passed provid-
lation in Washington.
&. P. Huntington was recalled. ITO your
knowledge was any money or other thing of
value ever given by you to any member of Con-
gress to influence Legislation in behalf of the
company?' ITO my knowledge, there was not.
do you remember during the investigation of
the Poland committee the United States
greatly excited" mo: l never "a the United
States excited" "Was your memory better
then than now2" II don't know" How
it you then testified you owned ST, 900 of
ST. q led
$40 900, 900, $12. 600. DOOR, Il can't say how it
was. MIR. Hopkins attended to the business in
the West that time" lis that the only ex-
PLANTATION you can make2" THAT is all" ibid
you employ Norwood. of Georgia. to further the
interests of the Southern Paciic2" 81 did"
How is it the retainer paid Norwood was
charged to the Central instead of the Southern
Pacific2"
The witness could not explain. sDo you re-
Cotton letter." Yes four persons came to
to sell letters, but / had nothing to do with
them" DO you know who they were2" lone
of them was from Wells s. Fargo; the others l
do not know" ''What became of the stub check
books from 1872 to 1892" Il suppose they were
destroyed We generally destroyed check
books in four years. They destroyed
by my direction l suppose the blotters of
those years were also destroyed" did you
for illegal purposes?" II did" This
ended the inquiry Then Mr.. Cohen presented
the following bill of the Central Pacific against
the commission: For commission proper, ST.
941 IS: for engineers proper So. S3I22 Governor
Pattison said when the bills passed upon,
the money would be paid. Then the commits
sion adjourned subject to the call of the chair